Article-display box



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C. C. WILSON ARTICLE DISPLAY BOX Filed May 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 hmlli INV EN TOR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

CLARENCE C. WILSON, O'F BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE COMPRESSED PAPER BOX CORPORATION, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

ARTICLEr-DISPLAY BOX.

Application filed May 8,

" may be thoroughly examined without handling, will be neat and attractive in appearance, and which will be easy to assemble in manufacturing.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, I have devised the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig.1 is a perspective view of the lower portion of the box showing an article as held for display purposes. A

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the complete box closed showing. how the articles are placed for shipping purposes.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section substantially on line 33 of Fig. 2. I

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the fiat piece of material employed for forming the article holding device.

Fig. 5 is a transverse view through the holding element prior to applying the cloth covering thereto, the section being substantially on line 5-5 ofFig. 7.

Fig. 6 is. a similar section showing the cloth as applied thereto, the section being substantially on line 66 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the article holding device prior to the application of the cloth covering, and

Fig. 8 is a similar View showing the device after the covering has been applied.

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the articles for shipping and storing purposes, but also is adapted to so support the articles while on display that they may be thoroughly examined without handling.-

The box as illustrated is preferably made of cardboard, and comprises a lower or body portion 10 open at the top thereof and a cover portion 11 open at the bottom thereof adapted to receive the body portion in telescopic engagement in the usual manner, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the usual strip of cardboard 12 being provided in the'cover to limit the amount the body portion will be moved into the same.

Carried by the lower or body portion is I the article holding and supporting element. This also is preferably made of cardboard and is developed from a single fiat strip, as shown in Fig. 4. A strip 13 of the proper size and shape hasi punched in its mid-section one or more openings 14 preferably substantially the shape shown in Fig. 1 with curved recesses 15 on the opposite lateral sides of these openings. The forming of these openings leave connecting strips 16 and 17 bet-ween the two flaps 18 and 19. The cardboard is scored preferably at the outer ends of these openings, as shown at dotted lines 20, so that the flaps may be easily folded and overlapped 1n super1mposed relation as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The flaps 18 and 19 are of such' a widththat when. they are in overlapped relation the connecting strips 16 and 17 will be arched above the flaps, as shown in Fig. 5. The upper flap, in the present showing flap 18, is made of such a width that when the strip 13 is folded to the position'shown in Fig. 5, the outer free edge 21 will contact the connection between the'strip's 16 and 17 and the flap 19 and give the proper arched effect to the strips. This feature is very desirable in assembling this article as the Workman merely has to fold the flaps in overlapped relation andpress the sides to- ;rgglsrc .rieeiil s iles sed e ,PJ 1. an

1' (11151 11111 1a rm ii (hell i ;it: there will itl'tfn e vtw (ti 1 1115 strips; i 51 6.; not :1 U,1ai: (feta n my; g ignore 1". mninbai c :o f( leieeirts io Et he] s: wii'ii l2 L 1111: El) :2 neatly: j a like: a. l'.fihi e lohiioiaretas t he) a zirln'tzition Ev iiihlu lwoioldl d :esslt in are! (t rim Linn J a: luhiomeis 1o; Stiff-11R m i )3 ment with certain markings, and besides the device may be assembled much more rap- After the base or strip 13 has been folded and secured'as shown in Figs. 5 and 7, it is covered with acloth covering .22 of suitable material, such as velveteen. In covering the base, the material, cut to the proper size and shape, is placed over the folded element, as shown in F 7 with the ends of the velveteen folded under and glued to the underside of the flap 19, as shown at 2 3 in Fig. '2. The cloth over the body of the ele- Tnent is left suificiently full to allow it to be tucked under the edges of the' arched 16anfcl17, as shownatfl l, in Figs'l, l2, sane S'Qthis tucking un'der'operationbe? performed wane suitable instrument. Alter thecloth has been tucked under these arched strips the sides are then folded under the 'pastebom-a support and glued thereto, as shown at 25. The support for the article is then complete and is inserted in the base or body portion of the box.

In the drawing I have shown two openings in the cardboard strip 1 3 which providesa box adapted to hold two articles such as salt and pepper shakers 26 and of course the bo may be made to accommodate any numberfas one or more than two ar- ,ticles, by merely making the stripll-lo'fthe proper'siz'e'and making the numberof openings "requnea for the number of a r c l'es which the box is to be employed. In shippingbr storage vthe article isplaced on side betweenthe arched strips 16 and 17 asshown atFigs. Qand 3, but when the artiele is to be placed en -display the" flange 27' is inserted under the opposed edges bf twospa'eed portions, as shown in 1, by" wliilclr'it" is securely held. l-he holding effect isinereased by the curved remisses 15 engaging the sides of the article. The a'r'chje d'. bitions act as springs to clamp the article to the base and securely holdit for inspection. As the strips 16 anal? are in one piece with the base the full le'ngtl'i of these strips is available making them I'noreresilient as well as more flexible, allowing for easy insertion and removal oflhe article andrendering'the element less liable to breakage during this operation of inserting and removing the article. he feature bf m king one of the flaps, in the present instance 18 of the proper length towhen in the'fo'lded position engage the connection between thestri-ps 16 and 17 and the other flap to provide a stop to properly position the elements, and to give the desired arched effect to the holding strips, makes it very 'easyfor the workman to placethe elements in proper position before gluing, and it also gives a uniform product. As the strips 1'6 and 17 are in one piece with the flaps tliey are more strongly secured to them than would be the case if they were separate strips glhed to the flaps, and are less likely to become detached therefrom. This construction also requires fewer operations in assembling. It will be apparent thatthe device is very simple and may be manufactured at a low cost, besides being neat and attractive in appearance.

Having thus set forththe nature of my inveiition, what I claim is:

1. In a display box, an article holding element comprising? base, and transverse strips attached adj'acent their en'ds'to the base and spaced above the 'sainefinterinedrate their ends, said strips being engage an articleto be displayedbetvfve'en their 'pposed edges and hold it against base.

2. In a display box, an article holding element comprising a'base, and strips in one piece with the base and arched above the base intermediate their ends to allow insertion of anarticle flange between the same and the base: where it"'v vill be held by the strips and the :base. i I

3. In a display box, an article holdingelemei tf co'rnprising a base, and plurality of spaced strips in one piece with the base and arched above the base intermediate their ends'to allow insertion of an article flange between thesa-Ine and the base, said strips being also provided with recesses in their opposed edges to: engage opposite sides of the articleand hold it against] the base.

' 4. In a display box, e amels holding element comprising a base, fle'izib-le strips attached to the base and arched above the base intermediate their ends to allow insertion bran article fian-ge between thesame and the base where it will be held by the strips ar d the base, and a cloth covering over'saijd strips and base and tucked in. under "the arched portions; I l i 5. In a display box, an article holding element comprising a base majde'in onepieceprovided with "one or more elongated openingsin its mid -section to provide flaps: at the opposite ends ofth'e openingsand spaced connecting strips between the flaps," "said base piecebeiii'gfolde'd and secured with the flaps in overlapped relation and the ejonheetjag strips arched above'th'e same." v

"6. In a display bo-x, an'artiele holding elem eem i ne a as mai in p' provided with one or more elongated openings in its mid-section to provide flaps at the opposite ends of the openings and spaced connecting strips between the flaps, said base piece being folded and secured with the flaps in overlapped relation and the connecting strips arched above the same, and a cloth covering over said strips and base and tueked in under the arched portions.

ment comprising a base made in one piece lUO provided With one or more elongated openings in its mid-section to provide flaps at the opposite ends of the openings and spaced connecting strips between the flaps opposed edges of the connecting strips being pro vided with recesses to engage the sides of an article, said base piece being folded and secured With the flaps in overlapped relation and the connecting strips arched above the flaps, and a cloth covering over said strips iolded under and secured to the bottom of the base and tucked in under the arched portions.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

CLARENCE 0. WILSON. 

